Welcome to
2012-2013
Creativity has the power to change the world.
Becoming a team is a life-changing experience.
Our world’s future depends on extraordinary problem solvers.
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What is Destination ImagiNation?
Destination ImagiNation (DI) is an educational activity in which
student teams solve open-ended Challenges and
present their solutions at Tournaments.
Our Impact
- 125,000 participants annually
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Colorado is 3rd largest with 900 teams
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8 regions
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38,000 volunteers
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The DI Program
Teams showcase their Challenge solutions in Tournaments:
• Teams first attend Regional Tournaments
– Boulder Regional Tournament is Saturday, March 16, at Monarch High
– Thank you for registering!
• Teams can advance to Affiliate (State) Tournaments
– First & second place per Challenge, per level
– CO State DI Tournament is April 13,
at CU Denver
• Top teams advance from Affiliate Tournaments to the DI Global Finals at the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville – Boulder took 7 teams last year!
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Destination ImagiNation®
• Central Challenge
– 60%
• Instant Challenge
– 25%
• Team Choice Elements
– 15%
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Instant Challenge Success
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Practice, Practice, Practice
And practice some more
Allowed to teach everything (even the solution)
Coach on all aspects of challenge
Practice, practice, practice
Challenges available online
Materials available for sale
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Interference
• Safety is NEVER interference
• Teaching skills the students ask to be taught is not
interference
• Using Instant Challenge to teach building and
performance skills is not interference
• Making sure the students understand the challenge is
not interference
• No person (teacher, parent, friend, sales assistant) other
than the team members may touch the materials used in
the actual performance. That IS interference
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Interference
SOLUTION
The Team OWNS the top
Skills
Challenge and
Rules
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A Word about Volunteers
• First preference: Each team would provide one parent to be trained
as an Appraiser.
– Appraiser Training, Saturday, February 9, at Monarch K-8
– Parent works another tournament in March
• Second preference: Parent volunteer would be trained as an
Appraiser and work at the Boulder tournament.
– Will try to accommodate the schedule
• Third preference: The parent volunteer would help with the Boulder
tournament
– 2- or 3-hour shift by helping with registration, sign-in, etc.
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The DI Program
This Year’s Team Challenges
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Boulder Regional Challenge Masters (RCM’s)
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Technical: Kacy Speiker-Vorce, [email protected]
Scientific: Megan Morgenthaler, [email protected]
Fine Arts: Mary Ann Davis, [email protected]
Improv: Kim Saporito, [email protected]
Structural: Nora Johnson, [email protected]
Project Outreach -- Kim Saporito and Megan Morgenthaler
Rising Stars -- Lisa Kihn, [email protected]
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Working with Parents
• Provide a copy of Parent’s Guide from www.idodi.org
website
• Ensure parents understand interference
• Their most important job is ensuring that their team
member comes to meetings
• Divide costs of materials
• Share responsibility for snacks, food, and transportation
• At tournament, create a list of appraised elements, so they
can follow what their kids do
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Boulder Tournament Housekeeping
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Thank you for registering on Google!
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Pick up team manager bar/pin
T-shirt order form due 2/20/13
Appraiser training 2/9/13 at Monarch K-8
Tournament schedule posted no late than 3/4/13
Meet your RCM
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